Janice said:

We MUST do more to get this issue in the hands of mothers - as long as it
seems as though it is only health professionals that are "forcing" an
unwilling group of moms to breastfeed, we will see articles like this.  You
must get MOTHERS to tell their stories, of how they WANT to breastfeed, but
are thwarted by society, and health professionals.  We WANT to breastfeed,
so either help us, or get the he** out of our way.  How about next WBW, you
health professionals all refused to provide those "breastfeeding benefits"
types of interviews to reporters, but refered them to strong pro-bfing,
educated on the issues, moms like me?  Wouldn't that tell a different story
of the experience of breastfeeding?



You are so right.  As one of the few "Breastfeeding-Friendly" RN's in my workplace and in my community, when I speak out about all the breastfeeding-unfriendly practices and the ignorance that abounds I'm simply seen as a zealot by my coworkers  BUT if a "customer" were to complain about the lack of support and the ignorance they encountered,  the health care community would listen.  We need to educate Mothers that change needs to be driven by them.  What I seem to find though is that the mothers who tried to breastfeed but "failed" because of all the non-support we have in our culture don't see it as a failure of the system to support them.  They see it as personal failure and of course that's not something anyone wants to talk about or be reminded of so nothing is said.  

Sally Myer RN, BSN  
Nebraska  USA 



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